pickThe first book was a bit of a slog but once I reached book two I couldn't put it down. Half way through the third book now and am so engrossed!
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pickThe first book was a bit of a slog but once I reached book two I couldn't put it down. Half way through the third book now and am so engrossed!
If your book doesn't look like this after a few days was it even your holiday read?
so-soThe dystopian society created in this book feels a little too familiar to what we are used to today to land the impact it must have had when first published in the 50's. Books and literature falling away from importance as TV "families" and ubiquitous screens rise in popularity are themes we can relate too, but the style of writing and development of story I feel are lacking in this book. Bradbury wrote this book in 9 days and you can feel it.
This book is trying at times for three reasons. The endless detail given to clothing and their origin, the inedible sounding combinations of food and of course the emotionless descriptions of horror...
Such a truly moving story, and so relevant. I had heard the title many times but had never read the book. In beautifully casual dialogue and poetic description unfolds the story of a family forced from their farm land by a large corporation, and their subsequent migration to California in search of a promised new life. Poverty, hunger and loss accompany the Joads as they adapt to a nomad existence that they had never sought.
Me and David Copperfield on our rainy, wintery commute. I don't know what I'll do when I've no more Dickens to read!
Kind of a slow burner, bits are happening in this book and I am still interested in Alvina's story but I feel like I'm still waiting for the real story to start and I'm already half way through.
Is there a more inviting sight on a cold, rainy night than loads of blankets and a book?😍
This book started in the style of a high school drama about a country girl moving to new york city that felt a bit pastiche. If it I hadn't known it was Plath I wouldn't have continued. I found some of the charaters shallow and difficult to care about. The story itself in dealing with Esther's mental anguish is interesting and naturally for Plath, sprinkled with some poetic turn of phrase.
A work trip to Iceland means normal rules are out the window! Waffles for breakfast!
Storm Ali is wreaking havoc in the city! Fallen trees have damaged the tram lines and blocked roads rendering my usual commute home from work out of the question. Fret in the rain and wind at the bus stop for an indefinite amount of time? Naaaah, slink into a familiar cafe, find the cosiest nook and chill for a while instead 😎
In reference to Mrs. Creevy's underwear... "They were the most chilly-looking garments that one could possibly imagine; they seemed to carry upon them, as no nun's coif or anchorite's hair shirt could ever have done, the impress of a frozen and awful chastity. The sight of them set you wondering about the late Mr. Creevy, even to the point of wondering whether he had ever existed."
I'm about five chapters in and dying to see whats down the road for pious Dorothy, I'm hoping she just goes wild and tells her Dad to stick it!
"It is part of the battle against sameness. Differences- eternal differences, planted by God in a single family, so that there may always be colour in the daily grey"
A cute haul from my fave little spot, "The Book Cafe", if you ever find yourself in Co. Wexford in Ireland you have to stop in for some cakes and classics!
"His was a grey life, and to brighten it he had ruled off a few corners for romance"
Me and Dickens trying not to be blown off deck in the middle of the Irish Sea.
It took a couple of chapters to get used to the writing style but I'm enjoying the character development.
Ireland is in the midst of the most snow we've had since "The Big Snow" of 2010. The city has shut down, everyone has been sent home from work, no public transport is in operation and there's a national bread shortage. So naturally I'm holed up The Vagabond and living my best life ????
I am sick... but that means hot whiskeys and boooooooooks! ....and cakes 👌🏻
so-soSome of these short stories are so short they can't even see over the counter. Hard to get into but hoping some of the long ones are more engaging.
pickThis beautiful cover enticed me to pick up the most modern book I've read in a long time. Written in the 1990's if you don't mind! Five chapters in finds me party to an investigation into the death of a fisherman in the insular island of San Piedro.
If you have to work on a Sunday, at least make your breaks count 👌🏻👌🏻
Me and George Eliot heralding the impending weekend. Helloooooo Friday 🙌🏻🙌🏻
"Do you want to watch the match in the pub?" is one of my favourite things Leon asks. It means I get to drink pints and read my book undisturbed for 90 minutes ????
